In this study, we focus on explicit knowledge integration, the degree to which semantic consistency, accessibility, and the ability to share information is achieved across stages of the development process. In this study, explicit knowledge integration represents the integration of knowledge in artifacts that are generated in the system development process. Systems development tasks create and manipulate artifacts that should exhibit integrity for effective systems development. To achieve such integrity, the information content of development artifacts created in the initial stages (such as requirements documents) needs to be preserved for access and use later in the process (such as programming and testing).